Re: Charging clients for printing?
I have to disagree somewhat with your answers.
You should charge a flat rate per packet or you should break it down per piece. The best solution is to charge a flat rate per packet.
When it comes to printing the job. The rule of thumb is purchase a color laser printer (recommend HP avg $500) and do the job in house. If the project is run is 500 or less per month, you do it inhouse (at home). This includes B&W white copies.
Now if you do decided to go to Kinkos, Staples or extra and you are going to run them in bulk. Go to stapes or office depot and sign up for staples reward program. Your pricing will be better and you will get a rewards check to use at staples quarterly. My average is $50 dollars a month.
Kinkos is suppose to charge a set up fee average $25 per project if there is any collating or etc. Lot of times the collating is done by the machine and they will charge you manual labor.
I used to be manager for Kinkos for 6 years and I have manage facilities sites for law firms, gov't and private offices.
Not at my personal computer, but let me see if I still have some of the links to use to help with the cost.
Julian
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